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8/14/2009       
Director     Credit
Dani Levy     Director
Cast     Credit
Helge Schneider     Adolf Hitler
Ulrich Muhe     Professor Adolf Israel Grunbaum
Sylvester Groth     Dr Joseph Goebbels
Adriana Altaras     Elsa Grunbaum
Stefan Kurt     Albert Speer
Ulrich Noethen     Heinrich Himmler
Lambert Hamel     Rattenhuber
Udo Kroschwald     Martin Bormann
Katja Riemann     Eva Braun
Torsten Michaelis     Moltke
Axel Werner     Erich Kempka
Wolfgang Becker     Banner
Meret Becker     Secretary
Production Credits     Credit
Stefan Arndt     Producer
Barbara Buhl     Co-Producer
Andreas Schreitmuller     Co-Producer
Bettina Reitz     Co-Producer
Production Companies     Credit
X-Filme Creative Pool     Production Company
Y Filme Directors Pool     Production Company
Distribution Companies     Credit
First Run Features     Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Warner Bros. Pictures International     Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Filmladen GmbH     Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Writer     Credit
Dani Levy     Screenplay
Art Department     Credit
Christian Eisele     Production Designer
Casting     Credit
Simone Bar     Casting
Film Camera     Credit
Carl F Koschnick     Director of Photography
Film Sales Financing     Credit
Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg GmbH     Film Financier
Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR)     Film Financier
BR     Film Financier
ARTE     Film Financier
Beta Cinema     Foreign Distribution Sales
Music     Credit
Niki Reiser     Original Music
Production Management     Credit
Arndt Wiegering     Assistant Director
Sound     Credit
Raoul Grass     Sound
Visual Effects     Credit
Frank Schlegel     Visual Effects - Special Visual Effects
Markus Degen     Digital Effects - Digital Effects Supervisor
Wardrobe Hair Makeup     Credit
 Synopsis:
In December, 1944 Berlin lies in ruins and the war is as good as lost. Joseph Goebbels is convinced that all the country needs is a re-energizing speech from the Führer. Adolf, however, is only a shadow of his former self; demoralized and depressed, he hides in his office and avoids contact with the public.The only man who can help is Germany’s finest acting teacher, Adolf Grünbaum – a Jew. Goebbels spirits the teacher and his family out of a concentration camp and sets them up in the Reich Chancellery, with only five days for the Führer to return to top form. Professor Grünbaum employs everything from relaxation exercises to psychotherapy in his work with the Führer; when he takes Hitler back to his difficult childhood, the man’s traumatic memories bring him to tears. The momentous day of the Führer’s speech finally arrives, but an unnerved Hitler loses his voice and forces Grünbaum to hide under the stage and deliver the fiery speech to the masses while the Führer lip syncs and gestures wildly from the platform above. Soon, though, Grünbaum begins deviating from the written and practiced speech and presents an utterly different interpretation of Germany’s situation, which leaves the assembled masses visibly astonished.